Harmony Woods (near Chattanooga, TN)

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Founding year

  • 2019

What we do

Harmony Woods is a forming homesteading community 25 mins SW of Chattanooga, Tennessee in Bryant, AL based on personal freedom, land stewardship, simple living, personal integrity and communication. We currently have 13 acres of rural land. Why southeast Tennessee?
1. Natural beauty. There are mountains, rivers, lakes, waterfalls in abundance.
2. Outdoor activities. Hiking, biking, kayaking (white water), boating, hang gliding, etc.
3. Moderate climate. I prefer to live in a climate I don’t want to escape from at certain times of the year. Moderate climate = long growing season.
4. Abundant rainfall. This makes it easy to supply our needs with just water catchment. It also obviously reduces the need for crop irrigation.
5. Good soil for farming.
6. Low cost of living.
7. More freedom. SE Tennessee has less restrictive building and zoning restrictions in certain counties.
Our goals are to grow as much of our own food as possible and use as many local and free resources as possible to live lightly on the earth.
We are looking for open-minded, non-dogmatic, non-judgmental souls who share our values and are committed to the difficult work of transitioning to a life of authentic community.
Each person/household will own their own lot and the rest of the land will be owned collectively for things like gardens, animals, community house, etc.
Since we believe strongly in personal freedom, there will be very few rules. Instead, we will screen members thoroughly to make sure they are in alignment with our core values.
Check us out at harmonywoods.net

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Commemorative dates

  • January 1, 2019
  • Started planning
  • January 1, 2022
  • Started living together

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Harmony Woods (near Chattanooga, TN)

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10 years ago

Seeds and seedlings exhange days

Seeds and seedlings exhange days Event program: -Announce starts: 01/03/2016 -Registration finish: 08/04/2016 -Location meetings: Location meetings will be held in several locations: KADIKOY : 09/04/2016 in Yeryuzu Association at 12:00-14:00 – Hasanpasa mah. Sogutlucesme Cad. No: 196/3 MERTER : 10/04/2016 in Karsi Kapi Association at 12:00-14:00 – Mete Sok. Baris Apt. B Blok No:8/6D TAKSIM : 16/04/2016 in Ek Bic Ye Ic at Gumussuyu Mahallesi, Inonu Cad. No 9/A, Beyoglu BOSTANCI : 17/04/2016 in Tohum Parki at 12:00-13:00 – 50 meter to the East direction from Bostanci Ferry Pier USKUDAR : 30/04/2016 in Kuzguncuk Bostani at 12:00-13:00 – Kuzguncuk LEVENT : 08/05/2016 in Kahve Dunyasi in Levent Carsi -12:00-13:00- Levent – Seeds and seedlings exhange day: 22/05/2016 in Yeryuzu Association at 12:00-14:00 – Hasanpasa mah. Sogutlucesme Cad. No: 196/3 Detailed info (Turkish): http://yeryuzudernegi.org/projedetay.php?id=51 Coordinators: SULE GONULSUZ sulegonulsuz@hotmail.com NURIYE KAYALI kayalinuriye@gmail.com We use local seeds and we provided those seeds from people who make organical farming. After we procure those seeds, we put them on a cycle. We organized “Seed Exchange Days”, where people could meet and exchange their seeds, their knowledge and experiences. We tried to take it one step further and we are trying to categorize the seeds. For example, -there is a bean seed. But which type of bean seed is it? Or we try to categorize the seeds according to their durabilty in which city they could grow. We believe that all the seeds in the World are people’s seeds and we want to share them with everyone.
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11 years ago

Ecotratamiento de Aguas Residuales

Agua es vida, el recurso más importante de todos. Desde la perspectiva de Sunseed como un centro educativo sobre la vida de bajo impacto nos gustarĂ­a ofrecerles un curso para aprender, profundizar e intercambiar los conocimientos teĂłricos y prácticos sobre el cuidado de agua. El curso va a estar enfocado principalmente en el tema de saneamiento ecolĂłgico de aguas residuales, cubriendo a la vez los aspectos teĂłricos de potabilizaciĂłn de agua y aprovechamiento de agua lluvia. Vamos a aprender como diseñar y construir un sistema completo de tratamiento de aguas grises a travĂ©s de la construcciĂłn de humedales artificiales de flujo subsuperficial, en cuales se trata de la utilizaciĂłn de plantas acuáticas para depurar las aguas residuales que han tenido un tratamiento primario. Los humedales artificiales son canales de gravilla sembrados con las plantas depuradoras, han sido aplicadas y debidamente reguladas en varios paĂ­ses de Europa y ofrecen una alternativa sana y segura tanto para autogestionar los recursos de agua como poder reutilizar agua tratada en un hogar. Usando herramientas como power point, videos y charlas vamos a aprender sobre el diseño y aspectos claves para tener en cuenta construyendo nuestro sistema casero. En tiempo libre vamos a divertirnos con juegos, mĂşsica y baños en una poza cercana. El curso va a estar dividido en partes teĂłricas y prácticas. La parte práctica va a incluir – Diseño de un sistema completo de tratamiento de aguas residuales – las tuberĂ­as, tratamiento primario (trampas de grasa y tanques sĂ©pticos), tratamiento secundario (Humedales Artificiales de Flujo Subsuperficial), riego con aguas grises. – ConstrucciĂłn de una trampa de grasa como el tratamiento primario – PreparaciĂłn de un humedal artificial de flujo horizontal – impermeabilizaciĂłn y conexiones. Parte teĂłrica va a cubrir la introducciĂłn a la potabilizaciĂłn de agua y aprovechamiento de agua lluvia. Para mejorar nuestra experiencia educativa vamos a definir los aspec

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